Hey All, I was wondering if any of you people have some tips for me aobut
going down steep inclines, it’s hard on my legs and soemtimes I just can’t
do it, any tips for me? Dustin Zupancic Uni-Pickle
A tilted seat really helps in my case - I can just lean back a lot more. I
always try to start a really steep slope slowly, get the right direction
and then progressively pedal real fast (I don’t have brakes). Not getting
the right path could mean ride almost out of control in stones / roots and
then kaboom. If no ‘fast’ route is possible, I ususally try to zigzag and
switch to DH when no more obstacle is around.
Oli-
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Subject: Steep Inclines
Hey All, I was wondering if any of you people have some tips for me aobut
going down steep inclines, it’s hard on my legs and soemtimes I just can’t
do it, any tips for me? Dustin Zupancic Uni-Pickle
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If you’re on steep inclines a lot, you might want to get a set of
longer cranks.
jeff lutkus
> Hey All, I was wondering if any of you people have some tips for me
> aobut going down steep inclines, it’s hard on my legs and soemtimes I
> just can’t do it, any tips for me? Dustin Zupancic Uni-Pickle
>
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lutkus@unicyclist.com writes:
>If you’re on steep inclines a lot, you might want to get a set of
>longer cranks.
>
>jeff lutkus
>
>> Hey All, I was wondering if any of you people have some tips for me
>> aobut going down steep inclines, it’s hard on my legs and soemtimes I
>> just can’t do it, any tips for me? Dustin Zupancic Uni-Pickle
You can also try leaning back and really feeling each half-revolution
as you ride down. It depends on the length of the downhill – on long
‘declines,’ you need to start out slow, lean back, pedal in half-revs,
and be careful. On shorter ones, just go for it in a semi-controlled
way. I have found that going on steep hills (up or down) on my Coker
has sharpened my balance somewhat by forcing me to avoid swerving to
either side.
David Stone
Co-founder, Unatics of NY
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> You can also try leaning back and really feeling each half-revolution
> as you ride down. It depends on the length of the downhill – on long
> ‘declines,’ you need to start out slow, lean back, pedal in half-revs,
> and be careful. On shorter ones, just go for it in a semi-controlled
> way. I have found that going on steep hills (up or down) on my Coker
> has sharpened my balance somewhat by forcing me to avoid swerving to
> either side.
>
> David Stone
Pull hard on the front of the seat, use hard back-pedal pressure and you
can Coker (or normal unicycle) down things you’d never believe. I think if
you get really good you’ll be able to pedal smoothly and controlled on
very steep slopes without doing half-pedals, I’m not quite there yet on
steep slopes, but I’m starting to get the hang of it. On any slippery
terrain, you really don’t want to do half-pedals if you can help it or
else you’ll slip every time you stop. I got very muddy last night
because of that (doh!).
Joe
Joe Marshall wrote: On any slippery terrain, you
> really don’t want to do half-pedals if you can help it or else you’ll
> slip every time you stop.
Now I thought that was the fun part, skidding your tire a little bit with
every half-revolution down the sledding slopes:)
Next time, I’m getting one with a BRAKE!
Chris
Joe Marshall wrote: On any slippery terrain, you
> really don’t want to do half-pedals if you can help it or else you’ll
> slip every time you stop.
Now I thought that was the fun part, skidding your tire a little bit with
every half-revolution down the sledding slopes:)
Next time, I’m getting one with a BRAKE!
Chris
Hi, A brake wouldn’t really help hear, would it? I mean, you can’t stand
on your feet on a steep, muddy slope so would a brake actually help? What
other limitations to brakes have?
Jeff Tuttl
On Wed, 05 Dec 2001 13:53:31 -0800 Chris Reeder
<reed8990@uidaho.edu> writes:
> Joe Marshall wrote: On any slippery terrain, you
> > really don’t want to do half-pedals if you can help it or else
> you’ll slip
> > every time you stop.
>
> Now I thought that was the fun part, skidding your tire a little bit
> with every half-revolution down the sledding slopes
>
> Next time, I’m getting one with a BRAKE!
>
> Chris
>
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On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 16:21:44 -0500, jeff d tuttle
<moosebreath1@juno.com> wrote:
>Hi, A brake wouldn’t really help hear, would it? I mean, you can’t stand
>on your feet on a steep, muddy slope so would a brake actually help?
A brake, when skillfully applied, gives a braking force that is about
constant in time. This is unlike using back-pedal pressure which varies a
lot in magnitude over each half revolution. Yet the average force has to
be the same in both cases e.g. if you don’t want to accellerate overall.
The peaks in back-pressure can then more easily exceed the available
traction. But as Chris said: that can be part of the fun too.
Klaas Bil
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On Wed, 05 Dec 2001 22:29:49 GMT,
klaasbil_remove_the_spamkiller_@xs4all.nl (Klaas Bil) wrote:
>A brake, when skillfully applied, gives a braking force that is about
>constant in time.
I should add: that is, on a constant slope. Klaas Bil
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